Nina Costner Coudrain

Nina Costner Coudrain

Nina Coudrain Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 12, 2025.
Nina Costner Coudrain, 87, of Silsbee, passed away Friday, September 12, 2025, in Longview.

Graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Jackson Cemetery in Joaquin.

Born December 19, 1937, in Beaumont, Nina is the daughter of James McKnight Davis and Nanny Jack Murray Davis. Her hobbies were crafting and sewing. Nina and her husband, Rev. Robert L. "Bob" Coudrain, founded First Pentecostal Church of Joaquin.

She is survived by her daughter, Charmaine Costner; son, John Darrell Costner, Jr. and wife Melissa; grandchildren, Dwight L. Burton, II, John L. Burton, Joshua Costner, Rebecca Cosner, and Richard Coudrain; several great grandchildren; stepsisters, Elsie and husband Hugh Coudrain, and Amber Coudrain; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by husband, Rev. Robert L. Coudrain; father of her children, John D. Costner, Sr.; parents, James McKnight Davis and Nanny Jack Murray Davis; seven brothers and sisters.

Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfuneralhome.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

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